Support for ring travelers



Aug. 13, 1929. G. H. GILLIGAN 1,724,471

SUPPORT FOR RING TRAVELERS Filed Jan 16, 1928 I 171126711702 /0 y 6607eff. 6 111110 an Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

EYE g'liiES GEORGE H. GILLIGAN, or PROVIDENCE, RHoDE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TOU. s. Brno "TRAVELER COMPANY, or PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATIONor RHODE ISLAND.

SUPPORT FOR RING TRAVELERS.

Application filed January 16, 192-8.

My invention relates to supports for circular ring travelers of thehorizontal and reversible ring type adapted for use upon spinning andtwisting frames, particularly for dry twisting.

The lubricant for the traveler is necessarily deposit-ed upon the innerface of the ring, and for that reason, when the thread leading from thedelivery rolls to the spindle is accidentally broken, the free endthereot strikes the lubricated inner adjacent face of the ring and soilsnot only the wound thread upon the spindle, but spots the threz d woundupon adjacent spindles within the radius oi the thrashingthread end.

The essential objects of my invention are to make accidental soiling ofthe thread upon the spindle or spool impos ible; to etlect this end in astructure easy to assemble, composed of a minimum of parts, andincxpensix' e to construct. 3

lV'ith the above purposes in View, my invention consists in such partsand in such combinations of parts as form the substance of the claimshereto appended.

In the accon'u ianying drawings which form a part of this invention, andwherein like ret'erence characters indicate like parts,

Figures 1 and 2 are a top plan view and a side elevation respectively ofa traveler support embodying my invention together with a travelerthereon,

Figure 3, a section of the same and oi": the adjacent portion of thering rail taken on line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4, a perspective view of the ring supporting and shieldingmember.

My device is herein shown mounted upon a ring rail (3 provided with, theusual spindle orifices 7, one only or which is herein indicated.

A member indicated in a general way by the reference numeral 9, adaptedto perform the combined functions of a ring holder and a lubricantshield comprises a substantially circular base plate 10 with diametrically oppositely disposed lugs 12 provided with inclined open slotsfor the reception of screws or other attach ng members 1 1. A centralcircular opening 16 111 the plate is bounded by an integral verticalwall or shield portion 17. Annularly disposed in the base 10 of themember-9 are upwardly inclined tongues 19 formed from the material ofthe base by radial and trans- Serial No. 247,013.

verse slits 20 and 21, the portions embraced by the slits beingsubsequently upwardly bent. V

Resting upon the base is a horizontal spinnmg ring 23 comprising alateral base flange 25, an intermediate body or web 26, and a flatlaterally projecting operating head or flange 28. The free ends of thetongues 19 slightly overlap the flange 25 of the ring and clamp thelatter tightly to the base plate 10. When thus fixed the tops of thering 23 and the shield portion 17 are in substantially the samehorizontal plane, with the edge of the latter slightly spaced from theflange 28 of the former, thus forming an annular recess or running space30 for the circular ring traveler 32.

The lubricant for the ring ,traveleris upon the inner face of the webportion 26 of the ring, and for this reason the shield portion 17 of themember 9 prevents access to the lubricated surface of a broken or loosestring upon the spindle operating in the spindle orifice 7.

As shown clearly in Fig. 3, the upper edge of the wall 17 terminatesslightly below the upper edge of the spinning ring 23, and by sucharrangement or structure the thread passing over the spinning ring isprevented from coming in contact with the upper edge of the wall orguard 17, and there is thereby no chance of the thread becoming soiledfrom the lubricant which might possibly creep up the wall of the shieldor guard and get on the upper edge thereof.

I claim In a support for a ring traveler, a shield comprising a flatplate provided with a circular opening and a Vertical cylindrical wall,integral with the plate around the opening, a plurality of inclined lipsstruck up from said plate annularly arranged upon the plate and spacedfrom the wall, a ring comprising a web, a flange upon the bottom of theweb overlapped by the lips whereby the ring is securely held to theplate, and the flange.

upon the top of the web adapted to carry a traveler and disposedadjacent the upper end of the wall, the upper edge of the wall beingbelow the upper edge of the ring, whereby contact of the thread with theupper edge of the wall is obviated.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GEORGE H. GILLIGAN.

